It amazes me that so many people apparently can't imagine that one would use an RV to travel someplace other than a remote National Park or the middle of a desert, especially when full-timing
Yes, if you set up camp in the middle of nowhere (and I would consider National Parks "the middle of nowhere" when it comes to working) you may have problems. For the 99% of reasonable destinations, there will be cell phone service.
And so we circle right back around to what I originally said - you obviously don't spend much time outside of built up urban areas if you believe that. If for no other reason than there's an awful lot of empty places you're going to travel through to get to those places "other people also like to see".
I guess if you're trying to work while driving, that will be a real problem. I was assuming that the original poster would be working at various destinations. I suspect most destinations (unless you're trying to get away from everything) has some sort of Internet accessibility. And, if you really are trying to get away from everything, then you presumably wouldn't care about Internet accessibility.
Methinks you don't actually spend any time outside of built-up urban areas.
My Mother lives on the fringe of cellular service (you cell phone might work if you stand in the yard face the right direction).
Certainly there are large areas without coverage. But those are, by definition, area without anything to attract a significant number of people. I guess it depends on what the original poster is trying to accomplish. If (s)he is trying to get as far away from humanity as possible, then satellite may be the only practical solution. However, if the goal is to travel around the country and see things that other people also like to see, then cell phone service shouldn't be much of a problem.
That's why you stagger things
That might help. But wouldn't it be better if schools ran like almost any other business in this country, allowing students to schedule vacations when it suited them and their families?
But, public schools aren't run for the benefit of the students. Imagine the outrage from the teachers and administrators if you try to take away their three-month long summer vacations.
But deliberately screwing our children because your local tourism might take a hit is insane.
I didn't say anything of the sort, but from your lack of reading comprehension I suspect you may be another victim of the American public education system.
There is also the fact that a year-round school year would have major impact on the economies of areas with significant tourism.
Part of my family lives in an area that lives for the three months of summer tourists. They have a limited number of available hotels and cabins, and if the vacation season was cut in half (for example) their incomes would also be cut significantly, even allowing for the increased demand for their rooms during the shortened vacation season.
I'm not suggesting that this is more important than a quality education, but I am pointing out that there are significant costs, well beyond the obvious ones.
I better solution would be to change the system to allow students to schedule vacations at any time, just like their working parents. But the current public school system isn't anywhere near agile enough to allow for this.
The technology-related issues are easy to solve these days. Unless you're in the middle of the desert, 3G/4G cell phones and personal WiFi hotspots should work. If you are determined to live way, way out in the boonies, then look in to satellite-based Internet. It's not very good, but sometimes it's your only option.
The government and regulatory issues might be a bigger problem. Are you keeping your current home? If not, what will you use as an address? You will have problems with things like driver's licenses if you don't have a permanent address.
There are several RV-related web sites with articles and forums on the subject of full-timing. Make sure to check them out.
2. Have him save all his data to a cloud service.
Has anyone heard of "cloud services" being used as a vector for computer virus infection?
I wouldn't let an infected machine access the Internet at all, let alone a password-protected service.
Until the power goes out and they can't recharge their Kindle...then they're going to be right back to the books. Let's ask all those people living in those areas of the U.S. that have been without power for the last 3-4 days how well their eBooks are working out for them now...
Honestly, I doubt that they're worried about what to read at this point.
Good move, Apple - you may have just saved Steve Ballmer's job.
Given Ballmer's performance, helping him save his job may be the smartest move Apple could make.
Waste not, get your budget cut next year.
